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Akabane Bridge and Suiten Shrine in Shiba (Shiba Akabane Suitengû), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 芝赤羽根水天宮」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Nunokichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.1 x 36 cm (9 1/2 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9776
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #70.6, pls. 650-651; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #68.06; Matsuki 1939, #76
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1406, 06.2584, *11.2092 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.9776

No publisher's mark on this impression.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
ProvenanceFebruary 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.